Reclining-chair.



No. 689,942. Patented Dec. 3|, l90l.

P. R. WRIGHT &. I. ANDERSON.

REGLINING CHAIR.

(Application filed Aug. 29, 1901.

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(No Model.)

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UNTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER It. W'RIGHT AND ISAAC ANDERSON, OF BUFFALO, NE\V YORK.

RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,942, dated December31, 1901.

Application file August 29, 1901. Serial No. 73,641. (No model.)

T0 at 10720772 it may concern;

Be it known that we, PETER R. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,and ISAAC AN- DERSON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, bothresidents of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Reclining-Chairs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of reclining-chairs which consistof a supportingframe, a tilting back which is pivoted above its lowerend to said frame, and a seat which is hinged at its rear end to thelower end of the back and which is supported near its front end on theframe in such manner that upon swinging the back down to a recliningposition the seat is moved forwardly, and upon swinging the back from areclining position up to a more or less upright position the seat ismoved backwardly. In this class of chairs the position of the back andseat can be changed by the occupant without rising from the chair simplyby exerting pressure in the proper direction against the back or seat orboth. When the occupant moves from asitting to a more or less recliningposition, the back of the occupant moves downwardly on the back of thechair, whereby the garments on the back of the occupant are pulled upmore or less by contact with the chair-back, while upon moving from areclining to a sitting position the garments on the back of the occupantare pulled down more or less. This interference with the garments of theoccupant is objectionable; and the object of this invention is toprovide a comfortable chair of this character which practically obviatesthis inconvenience and which is at the same time simple, strong, anddurable.

Our invention consists to that end, briefly stated, of a supplementalmovable back which is arranged on the face or front side of the tiltingmain back, against which supplemental back the back of the occupantrests and which is connected with the seat in such manner that thesupplemental back is moved down on the tilting back when the back isswung to a reclining position and moved up on the back when the latteris swung to an upright position, whereby the back of the occupantretains its position practically undisturbed with reference to thesupplemental back in the different positions of the back and seat.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation showing the back and seat arranged for a sitting position.Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the back and seat in a recliningposition. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the chair. Fig. 4 is a sectionaltop plan view, the section being taken through the back. Fig. 5 is afragmentary longitudinal section through the adjacent portions of theseat and back in line 5 5, Fig. 4, on an enlarged scale.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The rigid frame, the tilting main back, and the seat are of any ordinaryor suitable construction and arrangement. The construction of theseparts shown in the drawings is as follows:

The rigid frame comprises front legs A, connected by a transverse bar B,rear legs 0, connected bya transverse barD, and side rails d, whichconnect the front and rear legs. The rear legs 0 extend upwardly beyondthe connecting bars and rails to form supports 0 for the pivots of thechair-back, and the front legs also preferably extend up above theconnecting bars and rails to form front supports a for the arm-rests E,which are secured thereto and to the upper ends of the supports a.

F represents the seat, which has the form of an open frame consisting ofside barsf and cross -bars f. The seat rests loosely with its frontportion on the front transverse bars B and is connected at its rear endby hinges f to the lower end of the main back G. The latter is pivotedabove its lower end to the rear supports cby pivot-studs g,which projectinwardly from the supports 0 into pivot-sockets g in the outer faces ofthe upright side bars 9 of the back. In order to permit the readyattachment and detachment of the back to and from the rear supports 0,the pivot-sockets have preferably the form of grooves, which openrearwardly at their lower ends. To decrease friction and render theoperation of the chair easier, antifriction-rollers h are mounted on thefront frame-bar B underneath theside bars'of the seat, which rest andslide freely thereon. The chair shown in the drawings is intended to beupholstered, and the seat and back are preferably in the form of openframes, as described, though a solid or other form of seat and back canbe employed. 7

I indicates the supplemental back, which rests against the front side ofthe tilting main back G and is guided on the same by any suitable means,so as to be capable of moving up and down thereon. A convenient guidedevice consists of longitudinal tongues and grooves t" 1?, formed,respectively, on the side bars t' of the supplemental back and the sidebars g of the tilting back. The supplemental back is connected at itslower end with the rear portion of the seat by links or other suitablemeans in such manner that the supplemental back is compelled to followthe forward or backward movement of the seat by sliding down or up onthe main back. As shown in the drawings, this connection is made bylinks J, which are arranged at the sides of the supplemental or slidingback and the seat and pivoted at their forward ends at j to the sidebars of the seat-frame and at their rear ends atj to the lower endportions of the side bars 2' of the supplemental or sliding back. Thelinks are preferably curved downwardly, so that they are at all timesbelow the faces of the seat and back and practically hidden between theside rails of the frame and the seat and do not detract from the neatappearance of the chair.

K indicates a weight, which is preferably secured to the under side ofthe rear part of the seat-frame for holding the seat and back in theirnormal position, as shown in Fig. 1, in which the back stands nearlyupright and the seat is in its rearmost position for supporting theoccupant in a sitting position.

When the parts are in the reclining position shown in Fig. 2, thesliding back is in its lowermost position with reference to the tiltingback. In moving the parts to the sitting position shown in Fig. 1 thefront ends j of the links J approach the front side of the tilting back,whereby the rear ends j of the links are caused to ride up on thetilting back, pushing the sliding back upwardly on the latter. Thesliding back is so caused to follow the movements of the seat by movingup ordown on the tilting back, and the occupant resting against thesliding back does not change his position with reference to the latterin changing from one position to another, whereby the annoyingdisturbance of the occupants clothes is avoided.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination of a supporting-frame, atilting back mounted thereon, a seat connected to the lower end of saidback to move forward and backward therewith in the supporting-frame, asupplemental back arranged on the tilting back and capable of moving upand down on the same, and a connection between the seat and thesupplemental back whereby the latter is moved up or down on the tiltingback upon moving the back and seat from one position to another,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a supporting-frame, a main back movably mounted onthe same, a seat movably mounted on the frame and connected to said mainback, and a slidable supplemental back supported on the main back andconnected to said seat,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a supporting-frame, a main back pivoted above itslower end to the same, a seat slidably supported near its front end andhinged at its rear end to the lower end of said main back, asupplemental sliding back mounted on the main back, guides forpermitting'the supplemental back to slide up and down on the main backand holding thesliding back from lateral movement on the main back, andmeans for connectingthe seat with the lower end of the sliding back,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of asupporting-frame, a tilting back mounted thereon,a seat connected to the lower end of said back to move forward andbackward therewith in the supporting-frame, a supplemental back arrangedon the front side of said tilting back, upright guides on the tiltingback in which the supplemental back can move up anddown, and linksconnecting the supplemental back with the seat, substantially as setforth.

5. The combination of a supporting-frame, a main back pivoted above itslower end to the same, a seat slidably supported near its front end andhinged at its rear ,end to the lower end of said back, a supplementalsliding back arranged on the main back, and downwardly-curved linksarranged between the sides of the frame and the sides of the seat andback and pivoted at theirrear ends to said supplemental back and attheir front ends to said seat, substantially as set forth.

Witness our hands this 26th dayof August,

PETER R. WRIGHT. ISAAC ANDERSON. WVitnesses:

(1'13. HORNBECK, CHAS. W. PARKER.

